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More stalled projects from my stacks: For Jairus:

This '49 Merc will end up with the chopped roof from the '53 Studebaker: A couple of Model A's on Lil' Coffin Chassis: Model T's: '34s: Sporty stuff:

Sam's not casting regularly any more, but you might keep an eye on the seller "carfreaks" on eBay... when he does happen to make one or two, that's where he sells them. Mark Townsend made the master for that, and it includes the interior, dash and seats, IIRC.

Impressive!

For awhile maybe a year or so ago, it seemed that Jimmy was having a problem with his resin - either it wasn't mixing properly, or something was causing some areas of the boies not to harden completely. I had heard of the problem from a coupl eof other builders online before I experienced it myself. Although not as strange a problem as you experienced with the Hearse roof, my Salt Flat '34 body had three or four areas where solvent-based paints wouldn't dry completely. Instead of doing the metal-flaked show car I'd originally planned, I ended up painting it in flat acrylics instead. (You might note the pearl suspension and chunky flaked flathead block.)

Smoooth hauler... nice save!

Not all of those late sixties/early seventies motorhoms went for duals. My folks had a Class A motorhome on a '68 Dodge chassis that rolled on 10" wide 16.5's. Try some eight or twelve lug steel wheels (early modified?) to replicate this look. The steel dually wheels on the Monogram Ford F-350 are probably as close as you're liable to get to period rolling stock in duals - paint them white and use the off road-type tires like on the Monogram CJ-7, Bronco or Ramcharger to replicate what most campers were rolling around on.

You've got to go into the "Share photo" options, and do it like this: {IMG}http://images16.fotki.com/v316/photos/4/47520/3669504/FredGoeske2-vi.jpg{/IMG} (replaced [] with {} for purposes of illustration)

I'd considered wheel discs over the spoke wheels like a WWI fighter, but I'm going with some neat alloy wheels (which I'll weather up a touch) from a WCC diecast motorcycle.

It's sort of a combination. I sprayed the body with mist coats of Tamiya Light Gunmetal and Floquil Roof Brown until I got a good base oxidized look, then I masked the areas that I wanted peeling/chipped paint using moist table salt. After I shot the Testors Light Ivory on thoise areas, I flaked off the salt, exposing the "metal" underneath. I used the RustAll system to add both washes of rust red-brown and blue-black, adding texture using their pre-sifted dirt. Truthfully, anybody could come up with the elements of RustAll on their own, the manufacturers just pre-package it, saving you the trouble of thinning out acrylic paint to the right consistency and sifting all that topsoil. I'm not sure what goes into their "Dead Flat" topcoat, but that one component is worth the price of the whole kit when it comes time to finish off the model. Dave

I did a little more on the engine since our last installment:

No guarantee I won't get distracted by something else, but I have a land yacht project I've been itching to do.

IIRC, those wheels are included for the "Race" version in the AMT kit. Good results on your first weathering attempt!

You could cut it apart, but if it's a one-part open mold, why not just pour the resin only into the cavities you want to fill? I have several open molds that make several parts, in fact, I have a few that are like cubes, and by turning the mold to a different side, you can pour different pieces. (This was all in an effort to conserve expensive rubber, BTW.)

Sounds more like maybe you didn't get a homogenous mixture... make sure it's REALLY well mixed. Also note that the thicker the part is, the more quickliy it will cure. This is a catalytic reaction, and small parts retain much less heat than thicker ones do, so they cure more slowly.

Injected Olds motor? Try the Olds in the original Revell Willys... the one with the opening doors and trunk. I think the Orange Crate had a drag-spec Olds in it, too. These were the later Olds "big blocks" that would accomodate a 500ci displacement, and not the little Rocket motors. I built an injected Olds from the Willys kit's mill and put it in this sedan a few years ago:

Found my pic of the inspiration: Or was the O'Bannon's Roadhouse" car the two-tone gray one?

That O bannon roadster is one of my personal faves, and an inspiration for my own 1:1 project. Your T is TOPS!

Nice detail on those hoses - you mind if I steal it? While I'm not sure about such a stock-looking flatty in a more modern rod, I have seen it done in 1:1, so I guess maybe you just get something that I don't.

Cool! I have the Lancer grille from that same F-100 kit ready to go into my Ranchero... nice to see somebody finish one.

Started some paint today:

http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/gowjobs/Paso2005/

http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/gowj...s/Fillmore2004/ http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/gowj...re2005/?start=0

Lots of "scooter" photos in this album: http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/gowj...s/primernats05/

Those PE parts are NUTS! Now if only Tamiya would make a more detailed chassis for that car... Dave